Explore the Family Name Belloso

The meaning of Belloso

Spanish: variant of Veloso.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Belloso in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Belloso has notably increased in the United States between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Belloso was ranked 36,189th among popular surnames, but by 2010, it had risen to the 26,747th position, marking a significant shift of 26.09 percent. The count of individuals bearing the name Belloso also surged from 585 in the year 2000 to 910 in 2010, registering an impressive growth of 55.56 percent. Additionally, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 residents grew by 40.91 percent over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,189	#26,747	26.09%
Count	585	910	55.56%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.31	40.91%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Belloso

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data provides valuable insights into the ethnic identity associated with the surname Belloso. In 2000, an overwhelming majority of individuals carrying this surname, about 93.33 percent, identified as Hispanic, which further increased to 95.49 percent by 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying as White decreased significantly from 4.44 percent in 2000 to 2.75 percent in 2010. There was a slight decrease in the proportion of Asian/Pacific Islanders bearing this name, dropping from 1.03 percent in 2000 to 0.99 percent in 2010. The data for those identifying as two or more races, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native were either zero or suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	93.33%	95.49%	2.31%
White	4.44%	2.75%	-38.06%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.03%	0.99%	-3.88%
Two or More Races	0.85%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%